Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO

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Permanent Delegate of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Incumbent

since 20 January 2017
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderDr
Formation4 November 1946
WebsiteAustralian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

The Permanent Delegate of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is but one of Australia's representatives to the United Nations and its other bodies, shared with the representatives present at the United Nations Office in Geneva, the United Nations Office in Vienna, the United Nations Office at Nairobi, and the delegation to the United Nations Agencies in Rome.

The Permanent Delegate is currently , and Australia has been a member of UNESCO since its establishment on 4 November 1946, with the permanent delegation based in the Australian Embassy in Paris. In 1977, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser offered the position of Permanent Delegate to UNESCO to Sir John Kerr, who as Governor-General had been responsible for the dismissal of Gough Whitlam's government in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, but considerable public pressure prompted Fraser to withdraw the offer to Kerr, and offer the post to Professor Ralph Slatyer instead.[1] At various periods of the office's history the Australian Permanent Delegate has been held by the Australian Ambassador to France.[2] Since 1990 the Permanent Delegate has been typically held by the Deputy Head of Mission in Paris, who also serves as Australia's non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Chad.

Permanent Delegates[]

Name Start of term End of term References
Dr (Liaison Officer) 1947 1954 [2]
Dr William Gardner Davies 1954 1972 [2]
Alan Renouf‡ October 1972 December 1973 [2]
Harold David Anderson‡ January 1974 August 1975 [2]
September 1975 September 1976 [2]
Harold David Anderson‡ October 1976 August 1978 [2]
Prof. Ralph Slatyer September 1978 September 1981 [3]
Prof. Owen Harries February 1982 August 1983 [4]
Gough Whitlam August 1983 October 1986
November 1986 January 1988 [5]
Ted Pocock‡ January 1988 September 1990 [2]
September 1990 January 1991 [2]
Dr February 1991 April 1991 [2]
Dr Robert Merrillees May 1991 August 1991 [2]
September 1991 September 1992 [2]
Mark Pierce September 1992 March 1994 [2]
‡ March 1994 September 1996 [2]
Peter Shannon October 1996 January 1999 [2]
January 1999 January 2003 [2]
January 2003 January 2007 [2]
January 2007 April 2010
April 2010 26 June 2013 [6]
9 September 2013 January 2017 [7]
20 January 2017 present

‡Also served as Ambassador to France

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References[]

  1. ^ Blythe, Max: Interviews with Australian scientists: Professor Ralph Slatyer, Australian Academy of Science, 2003.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Australia and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)" (PDF). Australian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, Paris. DFAT. December 2005. pp. 32–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ^ "New UNESCO ambassador judges it an important job". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Professor envoy to UNESCO". The Canberra Times. ACT. 24 September 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "New UNESCO ambassador". The Canberra Times. 1 August 1986. p. 7. Retrieved 18 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Farewell – H.E. Ms Gita Kamath, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO". UNESCO.int. UNESCO. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Directory of Permanent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO – Australia". UNESCO.int. UNESCO. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

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